Poecilasthena scoliota (Meyrick, 1891)
 (previously known as Asthena scoliota)
ASTHENINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Poecilasthena scoliota
(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Freshwater Creek, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species is brown with dark markings, including a dark patch near the middle of the hind-margin of each wing. The hindwings have an angled margin, so look kite-shaped. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Poecilasthena scoliota
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Poecilasthena scoliota
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Freshwater Creek, Victoria)

    Further reading:

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), p. 815, No. 24.

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    (written 2 July 2024)